The 2016 Thomas Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organised by the five BWF confederations to decide 14 of the 16 teams which will play in the 2016 Thomas Cup, with China qualifying automatically both as hosts, and Japan as the trophy holder.
Qualified teams Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on World Team Rankings Final appearance Badminton Asia Host country May 2014 Badminton Asia 2014 Thomas Cup winner 25 May 2014 Badminton Africa 2016 Africa Team Championships winner 19 February 2016 Badminton Asia 2016 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Asia 2016 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Asia 2016 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Oceania 2016 Oceania Team Championships winner 20 February 2016 Badminton Pan Am 2016 Pan Am Team Championships winner 20 February 2016 Badminton Asia Best ranking (Asia) 3 March 2016 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016
Qualification process The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. The allocation of slots for each confederation is 4 from each Asia and Europe, and 1 from each Africa, Oceania and Pan Am. Two automatic qualifiers are the host and defending champion. The remaining quota will be filled by World Team Ranking.
Confederation qualification Badminton Confederation of Africa
The qualification for the African teams was held from 16 to 19 February 2016, at the National Badminton Centre in Rose Hill, Mauritius. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group A Group B
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Asia
The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 15 to 21 February 2016, at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India. The semi-finalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. China qualifying automatically as hosts. Japan also qualifying automatically as trophy holder.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
(qualified)
(qualified)
First round (group stage)
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Europe
The qualification for the European teams was held from 15 to 21 February 2016, at the Kazan Gymnastics Center in Kazan, Russia. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6
Ranking of runners-up
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Oceania
The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 19 to 20 February 2016, at the X-TRM North Harbour Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. The winner of the Oceania qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
Round-robin
Badminton Pan Am
The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 17 to 20 February 2016, at the CODE II Jalisco in Guadalajara, Mexico. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Second round (final)
World team rankings Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking of top three Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 3 March 2016.
Rank Nation Points Continentalresults Qualificationstatus 1 BA 379,132 Quarterfinals Qualified as host 2 BE 330,171 Winner Qualified as BE semifinalists 3 BA 305,570 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 4 BA 279,614 Winner Qualified as BA semifinalists 5 BA 269,608 Runner-up Qualified as trophy holder 6 BA 241,788 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (Asia) 7 BA 226,171 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 8 BA 225,742 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 9 BA 194,425 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 10 BA 168,277 Group stage Qualified by ranking (overall) 11 BE 153,046 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 12 BE 135,683 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 13 BE 133,240 Runner-up Qualified as BE semifinalists 14 BE 126,154 Quarterfinals 15 BPA 106,273 4th place 16 BE 103,472 Quarterfinals 17 BPA 91,988 Runner-up 18 BPA 91,593 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA 19 BPA 90,189 20 BE 85,664 Quarterfinals 21 BA 82,179 Group stage 22 BPA 74,685 3rd place 23 BE 74,359 Group stage 24 BE 72,602 Group stage 25 BE 70,836 Group stage 26 BE 68,536| | align="left"| |- | 27 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 65,891| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 28 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 64,728| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 29 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 64,728| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 30 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 63,841| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Quarterfinals | align="left"| |- | 31 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 58,039| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 32 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| | align="right" | 57,650| | align="left"| |- | 33 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | align="right" | 56,785| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Winner| align="left" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified as the winner of BCA |- | 34 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 55,538| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 35 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 52,767| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 36 | bgcolor="#E680FF" | BO | align="left"| | align="right" | 52,231| bgcolor="#E680FF" | Runner-up | align="left"| |- | 37 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| | align="right" | 51,677| | align="left"| |- | 38 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 48,599| | align="left"| |- | 39 | bgcolor="#E680FF" | BO | align="left" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | | align="right" | 44,235| bgcolor="#E680FF" | Winner| align="left" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified as the winner of BO |- | 40 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| | align="right" | 42,340| | align="left"| |- | 41 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 39,566| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 42 | bgcolor="#87CEFA" | BPA | align="left"| | align="right" | 38,950| | align="left"| |- | 43 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| | align="right" | 37,828| bgcolor="#FFA07A" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 44 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 37,398| | align="left"| |- | 45 | bgcolor="#87CEFA" | BPA | align="left"| | align="right" | 34,820| | align="left"| |- | 46 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 34,109| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 47 | bgcolor="#87CEFA" | BPA | align="left"| | align="right" | 33,420| | align="left"| |- | 48 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 32,044| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 49 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| | align="right" | 30,584| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Semifinals | align="left"| |- | 50 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| | align="right" | 30,506| bgcolor="#FFA07A" | Group stage | align="left"| |- ! colspan="6" | 50+ participant |- | 51 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 30,302| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 53 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| | align="right" | 29,525| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 55 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 27,497| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 57 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 25,992| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 58 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| | align="right" | 23,868| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Runner-up | align="left"| |- | 60 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 19,775| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 62 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| | align="right" | 17,071| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 65 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| | align="right" | 15,435| bgcolor="#FFA07A" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 67 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| | align="right" | 15,048| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 82 | bgcolor="#E680FF" | BO | align="left"| | align="right" | 7,356| bgcolor="#E680FF" | 4th place | align="left"| |- | 91 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| | align="right" | 4,295| bgcolor="#FFA07A" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 107 | bgcolor="#E680FF" | BO | align="left"| | align="right" | 1,440| bgcolor="#E680FF" | 3rd place | align="left"| |- | 108 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| | align="right" | 1,249| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | – | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| | align="right" | 0''' | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Group stage''
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